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Ron Westfall

Aruba CX 10000 Series Switch Launch Aims to Shatter Centralized Security Appliance Chokepoints

Aruba, a HPE company, introduced its CX 10000 Distributed Services Switch, aimed at enabling enterprises to deploy software-defined stateful services where data is created and processed, with the goal of eliminating legacy appliances and host software needed to build the hybrid clouds demanded by modern applications and IT organizations. Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores why the new solution is a clearly differentiated competitive threat to centralized security appliance solutions and could make further inroads by making TCO benefits more tangible, demonstrating portfolio ability to comprehensively administer any switch/server/appliance fabric scenario, and sharpen the advantages and role of the Distributed Services Switch in relation to alternative SmartNIC/DPU implementations.
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New Futurum Research Report – HPE GreenLake for VDI: The Optimal Choice for On-premises Cloud Services

VDI is ready to make new inroads as organizations must fully align their operations and business processes to the digital workplace demands of the post-pandemic hybrid workforce and hybrid cloud era. Futurum Research analyzes why it identifies HPE GreenLake for VDI as the best value for meeting today’s foremost VDI challenges due to new capabilities such as the ability to deploy directly into the customer data center or colocation facility, combining the software and hardware required to keep desktops close to users and applications, assuring an optimized desktop experience.
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Nokia Addresses the Alarming Increase in DDoS Attacks

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Vodafone’s Multi-Million Market NB-IoT Deal is, Well, Pretty Massive

Why AI is Essential to Enabling the Success of 5G Networks
Ron Westfall

Why AI is Essential to Enabling the Success of 5G Networks

Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores why developing and applying AI innovation to mobile networks, especially 5G network design and build, is becoming an increasingly essential part of of success.
Ron Westfall

DISH Makes a Tasty Treat of its Greenfield Cloud-Native 5G Network with IBM as a Partner

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IBM Global Business Services Lands Major 5G Deals with Telefonica and DISH

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Ericsson, Deutsche Telekom, and Samsung Show Network Slicing Ready to Make Cloud Gaming Prime Time

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ServiceNow Industry Analyst Event: Rome Release Readies Now Platform to Power Hybrid Work Transformation

At its Industry Analyst event, ServiceNow emphasized how the recent Now Platform Rome release provides the vast array of innovations needed to enable organizations to meet the workforce and workflow challenges of the hybrid work era. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the ServiceNow Now Platform is ready to power evolving business models, improve employee satisfaction, advance organization-wide automation, and scale application development, providing key differentiation for ServiceNow against formidable rivals.
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The 5G Factor: Future of Cloud Gaming, Vodafone’s NB-IoT Deal, IBM Deals With Telefonica and DISH, Nokia’s Silicon Moves – Futurum Tech Webcast

In this latest episode of Futurum’s The 5G Factor webcast series, analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall cover the latest news and trends in the 5G ecosystem. This week’s episode includes coverage of Ericsson’s move to power 5G cloud gaming, Vodafone’s NB-IoT deal, IBM’s Global Business Services unit’s deals with Telefonica and DISH, and Nokia’s move to thwart DDoS attacks at the silicon level.
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Hansen Technologies: Powering the Next Age of Digital Experience

Hansen’s Create-Deliver-Engage (CDE) suite is a set of software applications that aims to fulfill operator digital transformation objectives through tailored applications that are delivered through the Hansen Cloud. Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Hansen’s CDE proposition provides the catalog-driven portfolio range and flexibility across the converged billing, CPQ, order management, and provisioning product domains to assure suite-wide innovation and first-tier influence in driving CSP digital transformation.
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NEC and Netcracker Join Forces with ADVA and Juniper to Boost 5G xHaul Transport Automation

NEC and Netcracker unveiled an integrated multi-vendor solution with ADVA and Juniper that targets packet optical automation and the streamlining of 5G transport. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the alliance bolsters NEC’s strong hand as lead integrator for Open RAN projects across broader Open 5G network builds, enhances Netcrackers’ Network Domain Orchestration credentials, and augments the 5G ecosystem prospects of ADVA and Juniper.
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